I decided to get REALLY creative and attempt the "Salt Technique" from SCS for my card today because it was the challenge from Darlene from the Stamp Addicts due .. like today!

And oh I had fun!! Thank you, Dar! This technique is way cool.

I gathered my sea salt, glossy cardstock, spray inks and made a beautiful

background w/ the salt technique for my card.

And set it to dry overnight.

And then I lost it.

True story.

I looked everywhere.

E-VER-Y-Where.

Alas, I had to start all over and ended up using heavy based, matte cardstock

and the end result is really striking. Not as nice as the glossy, but still pretty ~ up close it's so full of detail and texture. I didn't have any fading this time around but that's due to using the wrong paper :/ The cardstock held up nicely with the water and heavy inks/salt.

I'm a March baby and the challenge states to go to our birth month,

pick a holiday the closest to our birthday and create a card with that theme.

and in the end used Eating Popcorn Riley ~ IN the movies for versatility :)

Flat back treat card from the front

A view from the side ~ I left off the side tabs to create a card instead of a box :)

This is the card when it's folded flat! :)

Want to play along????If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using Riley and Company images.

Once you have created your card/project, come back here and place a
comment with a link to your card/project to this post so we can see what
you have created. If you upload your card/project to Splitcoast
Stampers please include the keyword Riley0214.

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whatever I just had in my hand .... or mail a package in a SASE to myself instead of where it's supposed to really go ... or forget to take a picture of a card - like for this swap! :) It's like a one person party!

Just for fun, I should head to the kitchen and mix up all the forks with the spoons and call it a night - right?! :)

Hee hee!

Indeed it is a Mstery - a mystery swap that is!

In my case, it's a double mystery ...

darling Kate was our hostess this round and sent us a mystery image to create cards with. The image is a surprise until all recipients have it and post on the chosen date - today!

Thank you, Kate, for this super cute Dinosaur image -

I had not seen him before and it's adorable!

Sadly, I mailed my cards to Kate twice - and BOTH times

forgot to take a picture of my card so I had to recreate it from memory.

And if you see the above paragraph, my memory is not a very good one ;)

We will be giving away gift certificates to two lucky winners that leave comments on RILEY's blog!

Special
#1: Buy the entire unmounted sheet of the new Riley for only $40!
(Save $10!) (Offer not available to wholesale customers.) Limit one per
customer. Offer ends January 20th.Special #2:
You can also get a set of 3 FREE Funnybones stamps (our choice) during
this release by simply placing an order of $25 or more (before tax) in
the first 24 hours of the release! (One per customer please.)

Special
#3: But wait - there's more! As an added bonus, we are giving EVERYONE
FREE SHIPPING from Thursday night at 9 pm CST until Sunday night at
midnight CST! Just enter FREESHIP in the coupon code section!

Here is my card for you today using "telling a woman ..."paired withSophie in Wonderland (already in the shop!)For the image, I taped off Sophie and just used the cheshire cat.On the card inside, you can see the stamped image in totality!

A quick reminder :)The blog hop starts tomorrow!!

Don’t forget to
check out all the Riley and Company Design Team’s blogs for more sneak
peeks everyday! You can find them in my sidebar.

Join us for our release Blog Hop this Thursday 16th January 10 PM EST, starting on the Riley and Company Blog.

This is the day that our card group, lovingly called the Dueling Darlings,

post our card kits from the dueling hostesses.

Carol and Melina paired up to send us all angel card kits!

This month, Carol sent Team Divas an adorable, soft, warm kit filled

filled with a choice of two angel images and wonderful laces,

ribbons, flowers galore! This was is what she shared:

Our theme for this month is Angels ( or as I like to think Angels among
us). Whenever I think of Angels I think of peace, tranquility, and
beautiful scenery/flower gardens so that is the trip I took...
As you can see I couldn't decide on an angel so I sent you the two I
had. They can be a little mischievous but they are good most of the time

It was really hard to chose what to use, and in the end, I just went with a simplistic look.

Carol said: "I personally believe in angels and as an extra challenge we would like
you to share an angel experience--guardian angel story...or anything of
that nature if you have one and are willing to share.."

Oh my friend, I am with you on this one!

I strongly believe that we are wrapped in the loving embrace of

protection of God's love and his angels are indeed around us.

I have felt their presence more than once,

and witnessed the blessing of their saving grace twice.

I believe one helped to save my daughter's life

when she was just 15 months old, answering the prayer

I shouted desperately to God and echoed into my heart.

No matter how much I replay it in my mind, still 14 years later,

it replays exactly the same and it makes no sense other than to believe!

I just love this quote stam: "Creativity is intellitence having fun." It's perfect for all the crafters out there :-)

We have 60 new Funnybones stamps and 10 new Riley Stamps.The Blog Hop is this Thursday, January 16th - live at 10 PM EST!It will start here on theRiley and Company Blog.
All the new stamps from the sneak peeks you'll see and
many, many more will be available at that time including this one!

We have 60 new Funnybones stamps and 10 new Riley Stamps.My card today is a sneak peak at one of the new Funnybonesthat will soon be available :)There is something for everyone with this new stamp release ~from the hysterical to sweet and touching.Be sure to check out the Riley and Company Design Team'sblogs for sneak peeks every day until the blog hop!When is the Blog Hop?This Thursday, January 16th - live at 10 PM EST!It will start here, on the Riley and Company Blog. All the new stamps from the sneak peeks you'll see and many, many more will be available at that time as well.Get ready to giggle!